Get Involved
Discover how you can help and make an impact
Join the crew
Since 2010 Doug and Claire have been welcoming people to help on the land. It started with good friends keen to help out and begin the restoration of the valley from neglect, and then things got serious.
There have been silver linings to each of the challenges we have faced at The Hillyfield, but the best is that out of the devastating experience of getting disease throughout 6acres of Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS), the Japanese larch plantation was struck with the disease Phytophthora ramorum, we have met a whole tribe of awesome people who have volunteered their time to learn about forestry and help with our mission to fell and replant the woods.
- Come and join us for a day each month - First Saturday 10am to 4pm
- Join us as a Wwoofer (Worldwide opportunities on organic farms) for a month or longer.
- Get involved as a Trainee with the Royal Forestry Society Forestry Roots Programme, or the Apricot Centre Regenerative Land Management Systems year-long course.
Planting Trees to Restore Ecosystems
Sponsor a Project
You can help by making a donation or leaving a legacy.
As well as operating on a shoe-string, drawing on the support of some government funding, we have also been blessed by some amazing benefactors over the years.
If you want to add some wind to our sails or sponsor a particular project / item, then please do consider making a donation.
Get in touch to see our list of projects for 2026 / 2027, or support the ongoing
- Volunteer Programme (sponsor an individual to take time out of work to volunteer as a residential crew member) this can help with expenses, training, resources.
- Ecological Restoration of the land. Investing in quality one off-projects that make an impact eg. actions for temperate rainforest restoration, forest garden planting
- running workshops and courses for those less fortunate.
Enjoying Dartmoor for all. Engaging the next generation of land-workers.
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